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Health Problems of Civilization is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.7), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Termedia Publishing House Ltd..
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ISSN 2353-6942Verify ISSN ↗2354-0265Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Termedia Publishing House Ltd.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 507 / 744 | 31st | Q3 |
| Medicine (miscellaneous) | 351 / 466 | 24th | Q4 |
| Health (social science) | 326 / 387 | 15th | Q4 |
| Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous) | 39 / 43 | 10th | Q4 |
| Immunology | 226 / 243 | 7th | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.7.
Health Problems of Civilization is Q3 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 507 of 744), Q4 in Medicine (miscellaneous) (rank 351 of 466) and Q4 in Health (social science) (rank 326 of 387), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Health Problems of Civilization is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 0.7, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 31st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.142, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 5.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$34 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Health Problems of Civilization is published by Termedia Publishing House Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2353-6942 and its online ISSN is 2354-0265.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Health Problems of Civilization has an h-index of 10 and a 2-year mean of 0.41 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.7, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #484 of 703 Scopus journals in Social Sciences (miscellaneous).
Health Problems of Civilization published 76 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 98. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 91 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Poland (43.3%), Slovakia (8.2%) and Türkiye (6.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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